We still have tournament entries left for both Mario Kart on Saturday the 8th at 2 pm and the Tetris tournament on Friday the 7th at 8 pm. So here’s what we are going to do, If you made a donation to Chachi Plays and didn’t secure a tourney slot or hour slot I am inviting you to take a tournament entry! Doesn’t matter the amount you donated any amount will get you an entry! Email me at chachisays@gmail.com or hit up the twitter @chachiplays or @chachisays!

If you haven’t donated, a donation of $10 will get you entered in either tournament!

Friends we are just 3 short days away from this year’s Chachi plays event! 3 days! We are about halfway to this year’s goal of $2400. Let’s run down some of the things that we have announced happening so far.

As usual we have the hour slots available. Still lots to fill! At a donation of 50 dollars one of these can be yours!

Tournaments! Friday at 8pm we have the 4th Tetris tournament! 25 dollar entry and you can show off your line clearing skills!

Saturday at 2 pm we have the 3rd annual Mario kart tournament! Turtle shell your way to victory over the other entries in the cart of your choice! Also 25 dollar entry with spots still open!

This year we are adding additional forms of entertainment for you to enjoy! Friday night we have hoopers and twirlers showing off their skills(outside of course) from 7-9 pm!

Emily Claire Daversa – makes everyone’s delicious burritos. I’ve only been hula hooping for roughly four months, but find it to be a relaxing and fun form of expression. I also cosplay casually, and find myself going to five or more anime conventions each year. The reason I’m helping out with this is because It’s always a pleasure to help out around town and contribute towards making a difference.

Chris “Chance” Brown will be doing custom artwork at the ToonSeum from 1-3 for anyone who comes down and interested!

Chris “Chance!” Brown is a weird dude. Doing comics, animation and graphics for various ad campaigns for close to a decade will do that. He’s also taught fine arts and animation for a while, and has filled in on art and writing for various webcomics.

And to wrap it up starting at 5 during our “zombie hours” we will have a zombification station where you can be painted up Like a zombie as we cruise into the end of the event dragging ourselves to the finish!

Adding so many reasons for you to come down to the Toonseum and hang out with us during the event! hopefully with more to come!

If you are interested in a tournament entry or an hour slot(fill in the notes section with your request) or just want to help hit the donate button below!

We here are happy to announce that the official coffee supplier of Chachi Plays 5 is Anchor and Anvil! They stepped up and offered their energy services to the Chachi Plays team for the 24 hour event.

A little bit about Anchor and Anvil:

“Anchor and Anvil Coffee Bar is a proud member of the Ben Avon and Avonworth communities. We are located at 7221 Church Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15202. In addition to our blog site here, we’re also posting regularly on Twitter and Facebook.

We serve coffee and other drinks. We make delicious snacks, soups and sandwiches.

We work and live in a wonderful area. We’re happy to be a part of it. We hope you’ll join us.”

As you know each year we try to have a few tournaments for people to show their skills against the others. Well here they are!

This year we are going down to 2 tournaments for the event this year! The first will be the Tetris tournament Friday August 7th at 8 pm! The second will be Mario Kart on Saturday August 8th at 2 pm! Each tournament will max out at 12 participants with a 25 dollar entry fee! The rules will follow in the coming days. So secure your spot because they usually go pretty quick!

It’s later than normal for this, I know. However, I’ve done a lot of thinking and considering as to whether or not Chachi Plays would happen this year or not. Consulted my people and mulled it over. I’m not really going to go into why but I have come to a conclusion….

Ladies and Gentlemen without further ado here are the details you’ve waiting for!

Date: August 7th and 8th.

Time: 7 pm to 7 pm

Place: Toonseum

Benefits: Toonseum and The Father Ryan Arts Center

Goal: $2400

The donation collection will begin on the 15th!

You know the deal, 24 hours in the event, 24 slots to fill. $50 dollars a slot. There will only be 1 tournament this year to be announced later!

About Toonseum:

The ToonSeum is an independent non-profit museum. They are one of the very few completely independent arts venues in downtown Pittsburgh and one of only a handful of cartoon oriented museums in all of the United States. They are a museum for those who love comics and cartoons.

About Father Ryan Art Center:

The Father Ryan Arts Center creates opportunities for the community and the individual to be inspired, empowered and enlightened through the arts.

All words that can be used in this situation. I’ve spent that last weeks or so beyond busy at work and trying to think of what to say. Every year we do this, every year i write a thank you and every year it never seems like enough.

Thank you, People of the internet, that i know or don’t know in real life. Without your support none of this is possible. We would be a group of people playing video games by ourselves trying to figure out where we went wrong and how to give back to the community in which we live and play. You have supported us every year for 4(!) years now. Every year this is done and every year it gets more and more popular. For this I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Oh my lovely Christina. you have been more supportive and helpful then i could have ever asked you. You rearrange your already hectic life for this event. You listen to my pre CP worrying/concerns and assure me that everything is going to be ok. And just like you say every year, it is in fact ok and everything goes well. For this i thank you my loving team mate.

The Sorgs. Man, The Sorgs. You two also rearrange your lives for this. Mike staying up with me for the whole event, hanging out in the wee hours of the morning and acting completely ridiculous with me to stay awake. Missy, teaming up with Chris to make sure I eat and drink more than just caffeine.

Joe Wos at the Toonseum, for opening the doors of the place and letting us take over for the majority of the weekend. Making sure that we have everything we need.

Sure, Its called Chachi Plays, and i play for 24 hours, but when its all said and done the event would be absolutely nothing with out the everyone mentioned above. So take your bow, accept your applause. You’ve done good.
Just about 1700 dollars will be split between 2 worthy organizations. All because of you.